Obama Immigration Update: Deferred Action Still On Hold After 5th Circuit Rejects Appeal
For the third time, U.S. courts have said that Obama's immigration plans have to wait until legal challenge is resolved
Obama Immigration Update: 4 Things Immigrants Need To Know About The Deferred Action Programs That Were Supposed To Happen Today
Deferred action didn’t happen today, and it might not happen soon. In the mean time, here’s what you need to know if you’re an undocumented immigrant
Scott Walker’s New Immigration Positions Criticized By Top Conservatives
Walker is the most anti-immigrant presidential candidate in the Republican field, in a year when the GOP is trying to court the Latino vote
DACA News: Homeland Security Accepting Applications For Renewal Of Deportation Deferrals
Protections under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals will start to expire in September. USCIS wants those seeking a renewal to apply between 120-150 days in advance.
Immigration Reform 2014: Obama Delays Citizenship Plan For Dreamers In Military
Under the delayed plan, Dreamers who received DACA and who are deemed to be in possession of "vital" skills could enlist in the military and eventually receive citizenship.
DACA News: 70 Percent Of Young Undocumented Began New Jobs After Receiving Deportation Deferral, Says New Survey
Respondents to the largest survey of undocumented millennials showed those who received work authorization and protection from deportation felt more secure and at home in the US. But many still feel anxiety for undocumented friends and family and over a $465 fee to reapply when the two-year protection runs out.
DACA Immigration Latest News: Over Half A Million Dreamers Granted Deportation Deferral, Work Authorization
About 82 percent of the 673,417 people who submitted applications since June 2012 have received temporary relief from deportation and work authorization.
Obama Administration Deportation Policy Changes May Come In ‘Two Step Process’
Initial changes may include granting lengthier background checks of detainees and shortening the time period undocumented immigrants are considered recent entries.
Obama Immigration Advisor Cecilia Muñoz Downplays Hopes For Deportation Relief
Muñoz told Fusion's Leon Krauze that Obama did not have the authority to extend deportation relief to those who would get legal status under a Senate bill which died last summer in the House.
Homeland Security Head Said To Be Considering Expansion Of Deportation Protections
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus returned from a meeting with DHS head Jeh Johnson seeming pleased with what they'd been told.
Immigration Reform 2014: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Calls On Obama To Use ‘All Legal Means Available’ To Broaden Deportation Protections
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has released a series of recommendations for the Obama administration which includes extending protection from deportation to a much greater group of undocumented immigrants.
House Republicans Pass Immigration Law-Enforcement Bill To Counter Obama ‘Overreach’
The first of three immigration-related bills -- which take aim at the president in part for his creation of DACA, defund an immigrant-advocate position within ICE, and require the Attorney General to report to Congress whenever a Justice Department official doesn't administer the law -- passed the House on Wednesday.
Deferred Deportation Program For Young Undocumented Immigrants Boosts Green Card Wait Times For Families
With House Republicans unwilling to pass immigration reform this year, a growing list of groups are calling for the president to extend deportation protections to a much broader range of the nation’s 11.7 million undocumented immigrants. But the USCIS may not be ready to handle that.
Arizona Extends Driver’s License Ban To All Undocumented Recipients Of Deportation Deferral
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials filed a document on Tuesday expanding the state’s ban on issuing licenses to undocumented immigrants.
On DACA Birthday, Janet Napolitano Says Deferred Action Program For DREAMers Is 'Not A Long-Term Solution'
The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security wrote in a statement on the one-year birthday of DACA that the deferred deportation program was a temporary solution to a bigger problem.
DACA Obama Program Attracts Less Than Half Of Eligible DREAMers In First Year; Why Aren't Young Immigrants Applying?
Only 49 percent of those eligible applied for a two-year deferral of deportation procedures and workplace authorization, according to a new study by the Migration Policy Institute. Why is that number so low?